Welcome to OCF. Im so sorry your mother has been thru so much.

As far as your mother having current problems with throwing up due to using the feeding tube, I may offer you some suggestions. Usually that caused by how the food/formula is being delivered and how fast. By slowing down and/or watering down what is going into the tube will usually help. If your mother is in discomfort during a feeding then it could be a placement issue and would require further testing to see if everything is intact. Ive already been in agony whenever anything was attempted to be put into my feeding tube. The tube became dislodged and it was embedded in my abdominal wall. This is fairly uncommon but Ive known a few OC patients who have been in the same situation. As far as your mothers feeding go, she should be sitting up or in a recliner with her head up during the feedings, she should remain still for at least an hour after she is 'fed'. If she does not have a feeding pump, ask the doc for a prescription to get one from a medical supply company. This will enable you to slow down the feedings (start at 60ml per hour and gradually move it up from there every few days. This can run overnight while she sleeps as long as she is propped up on a few pillows. The gravity method and push method may be too fast for her system to tolerate the feedings so a feeding pump could be what works for her. I cant do those ways either.

Hope these suggestions will bring some relief to her throwing up. Remember, everything she throws up must be put back in. Best wishes!